Leonard McCoy
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To be honest, there is not much you can do other than ruining your guitar when doing it yourself, or pouring money down the drain contracting a professional.
The lacquer deciding to sink in leaving a ridge between fretboard binding and neck is unfortunate, but it can happen at specific spots susceptible to it, such as at the first fret top-side of the neck.
Depending on how pronounced the transition area is, there might not be enough finish to sand the spot flush. On the other hand building up the clear coat to smooth out the ridge would take months and months and then even more time—hardly a financially feasible task if you ask me.
If the guitar is new and this issue is triggering your guitarist's OCD, then returning it might give you the peace of mind you're seeking.
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Only 5-dollar tuners pair well with my three-thousand-dollar guitars. If it's not the cheapest of the cheap, then what are we living for? Same goes for strings. I'm always looking in the trash pile first. And who the heck needs a professional setup? I've got a three-thousand-dollar guitar, mate! Learn some economics.
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I'm sure they're saving their unique J-180 model for something else. God only knows for what.
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Not to be confused with the J-180 model, Gibson's J-185 was also built in ebony, probably in very small batches in order not to clash with the J-180, though I have never seen it with double pickguards, but these could have been added later on.
Despite the US production sticker on them, they were actually custom-built guitars with custom features delivered to only very select Gibson Acoustic Dealers and directly shipped out of Bozeman, Montana from Gibson. (They called the program "Gibson Montana Direct".)
Going by the serial number yours seems to be a 2007 model. More pictures always help. Gibson can probably provide more information.
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23 hours ago, Parafin said:
Thanks for the info. The problem is that 00-18 is 2999 Euros in Europe, I would consider that model if I was in US, where the price is 2600$.
Well, in Europe there is VAT, whereas in the US there isn't.
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It's probably Fuller's made-to-measure order that has come through as a (small) batch now. All things considered the price isn't half-bad. I particularly like the figuring of the rosewood fretboard of that example you linked to.
This is mine:
This is his:
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2 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
Right no singer songwriters in history ever used a Martin. Utter trash those things. Certainly not Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, and CSN+Y. Those guys all had short insignificant careers in music.
I'd offer you an ointment for that soar spot you-know-where, but I fear we're out for the Martin-only kind-of guys (really, you're the only one we know) lurking, of all the places in the world, the Gibson forums and pouncing at everything even remotely Martin-related, and which no one cares about. I know these forums have become a final resting place for the undead, but... Perhaps the following can alleviate the pain?
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Whether it's worth "it" is only for you to decide. In my opinion singers/songerwriters should always go with Gibson over Martin.
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Beautiful guitar. The bridge may be original.
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On 4/10/2022 at 11:28 PM, dhanners623 said:
That does seem quite the wait.
A radical thought: Buy a righty and take it forthwith to your trusty local repair shop. Have them convert it to a lefty (fill the saddle slot and re-rout it for a lefty), cut a new saddle, install a lefty nut, remove the pickguard and replace it with a lefty. You’d have a full-blown proper lefty in a fraction of the time.
Were it me (which, granted, it isn’t) the extra expense would be worth the time saved. Then again, patience is a virtue.
Having been there and done that to my regret, I cannot advise doing a total lefty conversion under any circumstance but especially not with expensive guitars. You never know what you are going to get in terms of feel, sound and looks after all is done and after you spent a long money. It also completely blows up the guitar's resale value. But most important, guitars — and especially Gibson guitars — aren't symmetrical in all aspects of their build (e.g., bracing, Gibson's bridge design, neck profile, etc), which is only further concerning and introducing unexpected issues.
As a lefty you will have to be patient until the model you desire turns up one way or the other. Rest assured, it will eventually turn up.
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Broadly speaking, a song as much about one’s own prejudice as that of others. Cat’s love of melody is especially apparent in this song and his style of playing it on guitar ever so unique, considering that he adheres to include the vocal notes in most of his chords. Speaking of chords, this is quite a tour de force in terms of chord progression complexity for a pop-folk song. And neat little surprises pop up along the way, like sliding up towards a high D7/A or the various minor chords crawling up the neck (or “cane” as Cat would say) in the bridge. The outro verse is a complete tempo and feel change, and reminds us a bit of his style-changing outro to “I Want to Live in a Wigwam“, which could be a separate song entirely in itself.
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My international USPS package arrived without any issues in a matter of days. Of course, customs intercepted the whole thing at the last mile to charge horrendous import fees, but we all knew that...
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The US retailer from which I had recently ordered for delivery to Germany was also using USPS. The shipping fees were still horrendously high (around 150 bucks). Let's see how the delivery and import procedure goes.
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4 hours ago, fortyearspickn said:
Eighteen Months... I wonder if you could learn to play righty in that timeframe?
The answer is no.
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The quote you got seems about right. Current supply is so disturbed that I wish I had bought up the lefties that swamped the market a few months ago. Oh well, even getting a decent nylon-string acoustic these days is a real challenge for lefties. Here's a tip: watch the secondary market closely, something is bound to turn up there from time to time. Of course, an SJ is a rare beast even for a righty...
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4 hours ago, seabeesw said:
They can definitely be felt when you run a fingernail across them. I’m just unsure of whether or not it’s just finish cracking from a deeper spot in the grain (maybe where some filler was used, like slimt suggested). Theyre almost identical to each other too, which would stand to reason as the tops are bookmatched. The only issue I foresee being a problem Is that my girlfriend bought it from a third party retailer on Reverb (New but listed as “like new” because the guy wasn’t an authorized retailer. She didn’t know about non-transferable warranty or the fact that Gibson only offers service to the original buyer, and even then only for guitars bought from authorized Gibson retailers. Had I known her plan I would have stopped her and gone through an official Gibson retailer. She just wanted to do something nice for me) so I’m currently trying to coordinate with the original buyer to get the warranty work done if the guitar does need it.
In that case, these are hairline cracks. The top might be under too much stress or tension, which may or may not be humidity or climate-related. If these cracks are not looked after, they might expand into more than just hairline cracks. The guitar might have also received some trauma otherwise (e.g. falling onto the pin strap) to cause such instability in the top.
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A previously unreleased studio demo, “I Want Some Sun” has a jolly up-beat vibe befitting its optimistic theme. It was probably recorded in the studio for Cat’s album Mona Bone Jakon but did not really fit the album in the end, thus ending up on the cutting floor. This is just Cat on rhythm guitar and vocals, and Alun on high guitar. We transcribed Alun’s melodic fills, riffs and licks as well.
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It's really hard to say what those lines are from the photos alone (the top is also blindingly bright). Can the lines be felt or are they located underneath the lacquer?
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The girl having to manually wind guitar strings perhaps dreamt of a better job, but perhaps not.
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The G7th is all you need in your life time.
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Back refinish?
in Gibson Repair and Restoration
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I'm not sure what I'm looking at here.
There are areas on Gibson guitars and specific models—and especially with specific finishes such as alpine white—where finish checking is more likely to appear. You can also force finish checking by exposing your guitar to sudden temperature changes.
Needless to say, refinishing a Gibson guitar highly affects its resale value negatively.